NHS sickle cell patients face barriers to new treatment. vsmacdonald reports.
Sickle cell is an incurable disease that can mean a lifetime of blood transfusions, transplants and episodes of excruciating pain. Until recently, there has been little in the way of treatment.
But a new drug approved for use in the NHS could see as many as a third of the 15,000 sickle cell patients in this country getting a treatment that reduces that pain.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
PCR tests surpass 15 million mark in ScotlandHealth Secretary Humza Yousaf said the figure represents a ‘major milestone’ for testing teams.
Read more »
Student who slept 15 hours a day blamed vegetarian diet - but it was cancer‘I’m a vegetarian, I just assumed I had anaemia or maybe lacking vitamin B12 – I never would have thought it was something so serious.'
Read more »
Oxford NHS hospitals mark coronavirus pandemic with bookThe book of pictures is one way the trust is marking the two years it has spent battling Covid-19.
Read more »
People in England surviving cancer for longer, NHS reportsSurvival statistics among children have shown particularly large increases between 2002 and 2019
Read more »
Mandatory NHS Covid vaccinations: 'I feel stalked, bullied, harassed'The midwives who are considering leaving the NHS despite a U-turn over mandatory vaccinations.
Read more »